I took the truck to the garage first thing this morning and they gave me a ride back. I posted the blog and pictures while Val did the laundry. It’s another sunny and warm day; 76*F! We’ve decided to leave tomorrow instead of Thursday and made reservations at a campsite near the city. We are going to Austin, the Capital of Texas. I greased the axles on the trailer and the slides mechanisms. We got our truck back by 4 pm; they changed the heater core, refilled the A/C, did an oil change and changed the synthetic oil in the rear end. We are good for a few more miles and hopefully, the heater problem has been fixed for good.
We were on the road by 9:20 AM and stopped at the Post Office to mail a couple birthday cards then drove back on Hwy 22 to I-35 south. There is a lot of construction between Hillsboro and Waco so it was a bit slow. We arrived in Austin, the Capital of Texas and finally stopped at our RV resort, Lone Star Carefree Resort off exit 227. This is one beautiful park and I am amazed it is covered by Passport America. It is very luxurious and set back from the Interstate so that we hear very little of the freeway. We are surrounded by everything one can wish for; outlets, Costco, Best Buy and a lot more, ALL nearby our resort. After setting(13:30 PM), we went to Walmart, picked a few things and stopped at Pet Smart to make an appointment for Tucker’s haircut. We returned home, put everything away and went out to “Texas Roadhouse” restaurant for dinner. It is warm outside right now at 8 PM (75*F) as we have a drink, and no one is complaining! By the way, the A/C is working just fine!
We travelled 164 miles in
3hrs @ 53 MPH.
N 30* 11.101’W 097* 46.281’
Alt: 668 ft
Sunny and warm (80*F) although we had fog earlier! I took Tucker to Pet Smart for his 10 am appointment, dropped him off and came back home. I was home about 5 minutes when Pet Smart called saying they couldn’t handle Tucker as he was yelping loudly and snipping at them!!? I couldn’t believe it, they said they would not cut him and to come and pick him up!!! What a place, what a crazy thing to happen!!! Anyway, I brought him home and we went to Costco to pick up a few things and dropped them off at the house along with Tucker. We went to town for a visit of the Capital Buildings and the Texas Museum. We parked nearby and walked to the Capital Building and the museum. The Capital was very impressive and beautiful. The outside is like Washington Capitol but on a much smaller scale; as for the museum, it was also impressive but we only had time to visit the first floor of three. Of course the drive back meant driving in rush hour which was busy as any big city. We got home and had a glass of wine before dinner and watched the tube in the evening. As we drove in, we saw this jeep all decorated in funky stuff (see pictures). It’s still very warm outside.
Sunny and warm again! After walking Tucker, I phoned our dealership in Kamloops inquiring about a few things then we went to Austin, back to the museum and watched the latest James Bond movie, “Sky Fall” in the I-MAX theatre. After the movie which was pretty good, we drove on 6th street, famous for its bars, clubs and music. We came home by 5 PM, dinner then TV. Tomorrow we move to San Antonio! I made reservations for a park in Corpus Christi.
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